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James Cartlidge vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

1,186 same votes 11 different votes 1,197 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
62 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
62 Aye 103 No
59 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
59 Aye 70 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
96 Aye 40 No
Migration 99% aligned 136 shared votes
94 Aye 42 No
62 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
62 Aye 103 No
59 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
59 Aye 70 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
2,077
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
996
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
1,081
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Appearances
109
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
164
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
195
+41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API